By Lynn H. Blackburn, @LynnHBlackburn   At the risk of sending you diving into that stash of dark chocolate you hid on January first, let me ask a question. How did your plans for 2017 pan out? Did you finish your novel? Land an agent? Sign a three-book deal? If…

by Kass Fogle     @KassFogle I attended my first writer’s conference in May and loved every minute!  My mind was so full of ideas, prompts, apps, important do’s and don’ts and a To-Do list ten miles long. However, the adrenaline and excitement of Where do I begin!? waned to the wariness…

By Lindsey Brackett, @lindsbrac   Listen, if you’re southern born and bred, or simply landed here by happy chance, don’t even pretend you don’t care about football. You may not give a flip about the sport itself—but the mere drama of Friday nights and Saturday afternoons down South? Any southern…

By Alycia Morales, @AlyciaMorales   I don’t know if it’s the head cold, taking down the Christmas decorations, or just the urge to clean and purge, but I’ve found myself deep cleaning the house this week. Our tree, which was quickly becoming a fire hazard, came down January 2nd. Only…

By Bethany Jett, @BetJett   The new year brings with it feelings of expectation and excitement. The air seems fresher, the grass seems greener, at least, here in Florida where snow is just a beautiful white ground covering you see in movies but never experience, and it’s almost like we…

By Deb Haggerty, @DebHaggerty   I looked down today as I was typing and saw my mother’s hands—wrinkled, age-spotted, slightly shaky. I looked into my mirror today and saw my mother’s face—wrinkled, pale blue eyes, white hair. But she’s not here! my inner child cried. How can I be seeing her?…